From Islamabad to Newark: Fintech Major Muhammad Musa Builds a Future of Access and Opportunity

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Of the 55 million students in Pakistan, only 11,000 manage to study in the United States each year. Muhammad Musa is one of them. Now a second-year student majoring in financial technology and a member of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College, Musa has become one of the most engaged students on campus...

Pressure Is a Privilege: NJIT Swim Captain Zac Kuzak on Scholarships, Success and Paying It Forward

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
For NJIT undergrad and men’s swim team captain Zachary Kuzak ’26, the clock starts at 5:30 a.m. each day at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center pool, always with one mantra: “pressure is a privilege.” For Kuzak, every second counts — not just in the pool, where he’s chasing universit...

NJIT Celebrates Faculty, Staff in 2025 Nexus of Excellence Awards

Thursday, October 9th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) hosted the second annual Nexus of Excellence Awards Oct. 8 in the Campus Center Atrium, celebrating the university’s faculty and staff whose achievements exemplify NJIT’s mission and values. Building on last year’s inaugural ceremony, the 2025 event recogniz...

NJIT Designated as a Bee Campus USA Affiliate

Monday, October 6th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been officially recognized as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, joining a growing network of colleges, universities and communities committed to creating healthy, sustainable habitats for pollinators. “This certification speaks volumes of the w...

NJIT Ranked #1 Public University in NJ for Value, Salary in WSJ's '2026 Best Colleges'

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the top public university in New Jersey for both value and alumni salary outcomes, according to the newly released Wall Street Journal/College Pulse “2026 Best Colleges” rankings. NJIT achieved strong placement in categories that highlight return on inves...

Leafy Vegetables Are Now Growing on the Roof of NJIT's Campus Center

Monday, September 29th, 2025
A green space is growing on the roof of the Campus Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology. It’s a community garden with five plots, each tended by students, staffers or professors with ample light and water. The output will be vegetables and herbs, with a portion donated to NJIT’s food pantry....

NJIT Rises to No. 80 in U.S. News National University Rankings

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has climbed to No. 80 — its highest-ever placement — in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best National Universities rankings, continuing its steady ascent among the nation’s leading institutions. The new placement marks a four-spot rise from last year a...

NJIT Alum Sriya Chinthalapudi Joins Osmo, in the Olfactory Sciences

Thursday, September 18th, 2025
Some might be surprised to learn that a startup company digitizes scents, but making scents made sense to Sriya Chinthalapudi, who in high school became enthralled by a TED talk about detecting diseases from a person’s odor and spent many hours learning more on her own. She shared that memory in spr...

Two YWCC Students Win Top Honors in Bank of America Codeathon

Thursday, September 18th, 2025
Vibha Venkataraman ’26 (Data Science) and Tina Thai ’26 (Computer Science), two students in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and both Albert Dorman Honors College scholars, will have added their respective first and second place wins during this year’s Bank of America (BOA) Codeathon to an...

FIFA Fan Zones: NJIT Architecture Students Reimagine Public Spaces for World Cup

Monday, September 15th, 2025
When the FIFA World Cup kicks off next summer, all eyes will be on the 16 host cities across North America — especially East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the tournament’s final will be played at the 80,000-seat MetLife Stadium. But for Tatiana Florexil ’25, a recent graduate from New Jersey Institu...